[SOLVED] crontab not working

m3nhir · 2025-04-06 14:00:03

hi at all,
I have a problem with crontab. It does not run the script inside it. I created the crontab with the command

crontab -e

.
If I give

crontab -l

it displays the content correctly.
This is my crontab:

#
@reboot /home/sergio/restic_link.sh
#
# runs the script every 2 hours
* */2 * * * /home/sergio/restic_link.sh
#

If I manually run the script, it works.
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks.

Last edited by m3nhir (Yesterday 12:24:57)

mackin_cheese · 2025-04-06 14:47:28

do you get an error?

m3nhir · 2025-04-06 19:20:56

mackin_cheese wrote:

do you get an error?

no, no error. The script simply does not run. The script only needs to generate a link to an executable to make it work properly.

seth · 2025-04-06 20:35:44

Is your verification test the 2h frequency or the @reboot?

What does the script look like?
Why is there a script if it's basically just "ln -s whatever somewhere"?
The script is executable?

If you extend it w/ "date >> /tmp/proof", does /tmp/proof also not show up after it was supposed to execute?

Finally:
Please post the output of

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

(ie. "cronie is enabled, is it?")

m3nhir · Yesterday 12:24:05

Thanks for the reply.
In fact the problem was the "cronie" service that was disabled by default. I had not checked because I always assumed that cron was always enabled on Linux systems.
after enabling "cronie.service" the crontab works and runs the script.
Thanks again for the help.

Arch Linux

#1 2025-04-06 14:00:03

[SOLVED] crontab not working

#2 2025-04-06 14:47:28

Re: [SOLVED] crontab not working

#3 2025-04-06 19:20:56

Re: [SOLVED] crontab not working

#4 2025-04-06 20:35:44

Re: [SOLVED] crontab not working

#5 Yesterday 12:24:05

Re: [SOLVED] crontab not working

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